Deleting photos from media library

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    backroadsandbabysteps · Member ·

    I know how to delete the images, but my question is if I permanently delete them from the media library, will they also be deleted from already published blog posts? (I don’t want that to happen)

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    timethief · Member ·

    YES! Do not do it.

    Images and media you upload into your media library and embed into posts and pages are on wordpress.COM servers. They remain visible unless or until you delete them from your media library. Deleting them from your media library also removes them from every place you embedded them in the blog and leaves behind broken links.

    Staff cannot restore images you delete from your Media Library. You have to upload them all again, and then fix every broken image link in every post/page it was embedded into previously.

    If you upload lots of images you can exhaust that free space allocation quickly. Currently, the only way to get an extra space allocation after you upload the images again, is to purchase an upgrade bundle. https://en.support.wordpress.com/space-upgrade/

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